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International Handbook on Alcohol and Culture

by Dwight B. Heath

Pages: 394

Contributors: Dwight B. Heath

Publisher: Greenwood Press

Place of Publication: Westport, CT

Publication Year: 1995

Subjects: Drinking Of Alcoholic Beverages--Cross-Cultural Studies,Drinking Customs--Cross-Cultural Studies,Alcoholism--Cross-Cultural Studies

Table of Contents

Title Page

Contents

Tables

Preface and Acknowledgments

1: An Introduction to Alcohol and Culture in International Perspective

2: Australia

3: Canada

4: Chile

5: China

6: Denmark

7: Egypt

8: France

9: Germany

10: Guatemala

11: Honduras

12: Iceland

13: India

14: Israel Shoshana Weiss

15: Italy

16: Malaysia

17: Mexico

18: The Netherlands

19: New Zealand

20: Nigeria

21: Poland

22: Russia

23: Spain

24: Sri Lanka

25: Sweden

26: The United Kingdom

27: The United States of America

28: Zambia

29: An Anthropological View of Alcohol and Culture in International Perspective

30: Some Generalizations about Alcohol and Culture

Appendix: Annual per Capita Consumption of Alcohol

References

Glossary

Bibliographical Essay

Index

About the Editor and Contributors

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